Resilient tire.



Patented Get. 9,1917.

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TNVEN ATTORNEY J. A. OLINGER.

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APPLICAUON mio oc| lo. Isls.

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RESIDENT TIRE.

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Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

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ATTORNEY JAMES ALLISON OLINGEB, 0F BUTLER, PENNSYLVANIA.

RESILIENT TIRE.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 9, 1917.

Application le October 10, 1916. Serial No. 124,820.

To aZZ who/ra. t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JAMES A.. OLINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Butler, in the county of Butler and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a. new and useful Resilient Tire, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to tires.

The object of the present invention is to provide a rubber or composition body, of the form of the usual pneumatic caslng or shoe, with a resilient supporting frame embedded in the body for supporting the saine in distended position with or without the use of an inner pneumatic tube or other means for forming an air cushion. The invention, however, also contemplates a reinforced body of thisy nature employing either Wire or cord which may be used with an inner tube, if desired. The supporting frame, especially if of wire, then relieves the inner tube of most oil" the load when the weight placed upon the tire is sufficient to flex the latter.

In carrying out the invention, the frame is formed oi' a plurality of transversely ex tended loops embedded and spaced apart in the casing in the desired relation, and so connected that they are interbraced and held from displacement when the tire is submitted to pressure and is flexed.

The following is a disclosure of the present preferred embodiment of the invention, and it is to be understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the structure hereinafter described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, With in the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of this invention. r

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a transverse section of a tire constructed according to the present invention and as applied to the rim of a Wheel.

Fig. Q is a side elevation of the supporting frame shown in Fig. 1, with the channel strip in section.

Fig 3 is a detail enlarged section, teken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, showing the inner edge of the frame at one side of the tire,

body.

Fig. 4 is a detail reduced perspective View of one of the members of the frame showing the member made from a continuous length of Wire.

Fig. 5 is a transverse section taken through Referring to these drawings, wherein like parts are designated by similar numerals of reference throu hout the several Views, 10 designates the telly of a wheel mounted in any suitable manner upon the spokes 11, and provided with a rim 12. The rim has an integral flange 13 at one side and a detach able flange 1s at its opposite side, the rim being held to the.. felly 10/by .t clamping bolt 15.

A tire body 16, of the usual form of a pneumatic tire, is mounted upon the rim 12 between the Ganges 13 and 1l, the edges of the body bearing against thd flanges. und a spreading strip 17 may be placed between the edges of the body 16 of the tire to hold the edges against the flanges 13 and 14.

Instead of placing an inner tube or other air cushion within the body 16 to distend the latter, a resilient supporting frame is embedded in the tire body to hold it in proper shape and to support the load placed upon the tire, though the resilient frame may be employed with the inner tube.

In Figs. 1 to 4 there is shown one form of the supporting frame. In this form the frame is composed of an inner part, Yand an outer concentric part.` The inner part mede of a single length of wire which, as shown in Fig. 4, is bent to provide aplurality of substantially U-sh aped loops 18, the

adjacent ends of which are connected to-.

gether by virtue of the integral formation of the part, and are embedded in the opposite edges of the tire body 16. The outer part of the supporting frame is also made of a single length of wire bent in the same manner as shownin Fig. 4 to provide a plurality of tra sversely extending loops 19, but which are L. arger than the loops 18, and which are arranged substantially'concentric thereabout.

The bent or returned ends 20 of the loops 1S and 19 may be seated respectively in inner and outer channel strips Z1 und 22. The channel strips are embedded in the tire body and prevent the returned ends il) from ont ting the tire body, and anchor the looglf in their proper positions.

A. plurality of s acell apart bracing ringo J3 extend longitudinally throughout alle tire body and engage tie loops 1S of the inner part of the frame to interlirzire liv lorl 1 A seronrl set or bracing rings ears.: proY vided for engagement with the loops l? o? (lie outer part of the freine for iolerbroeiog ille loops thereof. Each bracing ring, and 24, is crimped at eqnrdistant point to provide alternate outwardly and inwardly bracing enges, 25 and '26. and ie in the orzn of a ring extending in a zigzag path our Wai-diy arrose one of the loops und thm inwerdly :arrose the next udjziresll' loop. )ne alternate `wel: ot' the loops of erin-li mi-t' are Seaell in the :ingles 25. while ille other liter note set of the loops; of eaeh port ure 'el in Elie :melee 2li. The b'ering ringe loll tile loo 1 :imi lll from movmaleot to'oiirll or fre 1li other.

From Fig. E of the ilrawfirij'" if. will lie, noted the# the loops l? are olet or slaag gered from the loops 'ill so af: to reinforce the tire bouillir lf3 et points between the large loupe` 1f).

It will lie noierl upon reference io fr" and that the bracing ringe 23 and :lrraiiged in o series extending erounl the loops from one 51de libe other. By reason of the for?, trot Home or" the rings engage the inner one loop emi otilems engage the. outer eifle of the. :seme loop, the latter is engegeii on op? rile Sides el. epeee points by the Series of ogs. By his arrangement the loopS .re firmly held from movement in any cli.Q fore und it is this feature of the invention which die'tinguiehes it from eonstriieions known to me.

Another Form of this invention is uliown in Figs. 5 to S, wherein the tiro body lil of the suine forni shown in Fig. l. ooi the inner :imi oeier parts or the reinforring frane e L "li unido up of a plaroliy of in dep( i ent s .aoed eport lf'iop 155g' and l Each of t iee separate loops;` l :nifl 1.93, is lient snlmm'xtially Ueimped. :mil lm@r ils ende rolerl, over to prorirle Ll lo receive therethrough anchoring' rods or Corrie; 21 amil Q2* respectively connecting; tlm inner and outer Series of loops, These wireg or cords are used in place of the erlizinnel strips 2l and 22 of the form Shown in Fig. l.

The bracing rings: @il :and 2l hold the loops; 18 and 19 in properly spaced rention in ille Same manner as above described.

It quite feasible to use cord in place of Wire or the like and to employ the usuel in"` ner tube5 in which nase llie word or wire servea` a reinforeing streed,

The :i'ontrlif-'on shown in Firgii lo `rl. 'inclueivel wherein channel strips` engage the temlilio memorial v -elisipeel lr er ranged in two separare serale? one Y lee liein;r oi g'iealer slimneter than .loe other. the iiizraller loops. being arranged between the larger loops, enel means for connecting the individuel loi'ips of oooh series to keep them spared :xpm-t. Said ineens being orrangeei longitudinally of the loops around the tire.

ib, In ron'ilvinotion with :i tire bodyi a sopportioggj frame. einliefildeffl therein comprising :L plurality or spared ai l: lrnnsverseljf extending' :eillstantiolly U operi loops. :1rl:iii;'erl in two Separate seri. one Serin@ bL- irie' or' greater diameter than *she other, the ller lompe Loing arranged elterimtely in heweon ihn lin-ger impe, roe-uns for romwrting 1ille loops oi eorh serie nt their enfle where they connect with tile rim of the wheel, said means extending around the tire, end Separate Ineens oleo extending armnicl the tire for connecting the loops of mel] series at different pointe iJewer-n the omiso? the loops. Y

il. lo mlmliiiition with o ir liooi-g a sep-- wiring freine ri'nlmelilerl therein and som @rising n plurality of sporefflepori. rjis vereely extending loops, :arranged in two Sop- :mzte serien one series being of, greater li- .fzrneer than the other, ineens` for i liepen@ emily eminerting the loops of Coeli Series at their ends Where the tire body is connected with the rim of tile Wheel, seid Ineens eX lending; around the lire, anfl se :warnte ineens :also extending around the tire Aor infepeniiu ently eonneffrtiulg lie loops of eric-h Series at fii'lerent poi te. between the infie of the loops.

i supporting frame 'o rwierd o1"V plurality of ifr n v wxh "liigt :f-:il'le ie loops.y :imi e plurality of rireornferen 'urne-ing' ri new, miifl ringe being; ,arranged of. right :ingles lo the loops nml @roeping the mine :inrl ennemi apart transversely of the tire and along the loops from. one end of lie loops to the other end` carla ring being initially erimped at inerwils in opposite direcr tire 'Umii i I artt lione so ne to provide alternately arranged Seats wim-lx engoge alternately over and i1nversely in the body and being spaced apart and arranged between the other loops throughout the length of the bod both the lar'geand small loops being su stantally U-shaped, and a plurality of circumferential` bracing rings crimped at ihtervalff in opposite directionsl so as to provide alternately arranged seats which engage alternately over and under each loo throu hout the Series, whereby each loo lias a p urality of rings engaging both un 4er and over the same fromone side to the: other.

6. A supporting frame for a tire body comprising a plurality oii independent and separate substantially U-shaped loopsarranged transversely in the body and having their free ends provided iwith eyes, wires passed around the tire and en a d through the eyes of the loops to holt? t e latter in place, and a plurality of circumferential bracing rings, each ring being initially crimped at intervals in o posite directions so as to provide alternate y arranged seats which engage alternately over and under each loop throughout the serie's, said rings being spaced apart transversely of the tire,` whereby each loop has a plurality of rings engaging alternately both under and qver the same from one end of the loop to the other end.

7. A supporting frame for a tire body comprising inner and outer pairs of wires ada ted to be embedded in the opposite edges of t e tire body, a plurality of transversely extending loops embedded in the tire body' said loops being formed into a series of large loops, and into an independent series of small loops, said loops havingy their free ends overturned to provide eyes for engagement respectively with said inner and outer wires, and bracing rings threaded back and forth alternately over and through each row of loops to interbrace the same.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

JAMES ALLISON OLINGER.

Witnesses:

A. M. Berne, NEIsoN SMITH. 

